Arrest Made In Fatal Wynnewood Shooting

WYNNEWOOD, PA — Authorities have arrested and charged a person in connection with a fatal shooting in the Wynnewood section of Lower Merion Township.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and Lower Merion Township Police Superintendent Michael J. McGrath said Friday that Sean Brown, 19, of Philadelphia, has been charged with first-degree murder, possess an instrument of crime, and related charges in connection with the Sept. 13 shooting death of 19-year-old Nahray Crisden.

Authorities said Brown's charged stem from the Sunday, Sept. 13 shooting that occurred on the 1400 block of Surrey Lane in the Wynnewood section of Lower Merion Township.

Police were called to the area at 10:43 p.m. that night and found Crisden dead from gunshot wounds to his body. Authorities found six 9mm bullet casing at the scene of he shooting.

Montgomery County Detectives and Lower Merion Police launched a joint investigation into the Crisden's death.

Detectives learned that the victim and defendant were longtime acquaintances and were together that night.

Authorities got surveillance video from multiple sources.

With video and forensic analysis, authorities said Brown was the shooter.

Video surveillance footage included showing the Brown and Crisden together at 8:21 p.m. outside a Conoco station on City Avenue.

At 10:38 p.m., residential video surveillance showed the same two men in distinctive clothing walking north toward the crime scene. One male is wearing a baseball cap and is holding what appears to be a gun in his right hand.

One male in the video was identified by detectives as Brown, based on his clothing.

At 10:44 p.m., video surveillance from City Avenue showed the other male walking alone, just east of the crime scene.

Additionally, two witnesses told detectives that they heard a gunshot, looked out their home windows, then heard additional gunshots and saw a male wearing dark clothing run east toward City Avenue, police said.

Brown was arraigned today before Magisterial District Judge Karen Eisner Zucker and held without bail Brown was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.